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Deborah R. Schwartz

Partner

San Francisco, California
San Francisco Office

Phone: 415-433-1064
Fax: 415-422-9966

After considerable success as a partner at an AmLaw100 law firm, Deborah Schwartz joined Chris Baker to form their exclusive practice at Baker Curtis & Schwartz, P.C.

Deborah represents both employers and employees in all aspects of employment litigation.  She excels at litigation management and investigating and evaluating cases.  Deborah’s peers have consistently rated her a rising star super lawyer, and in 2012 she was awarded Legal Services for Children’s pro bono advocate award. She has litigated and successfully resolved hundreds of individual and class action cases in the healthcare, retail, and manufacturing sectors.

Deborah’s intelligence, thoroughness and pragmatism is the foundation of her success as a practitioner.  Her integrity and conscientiousness is why her clients have stayed with her for years.

  • • Labor & Employment
    • Class Actions

  • • California, 2000
    • U.S. District Court Northern District of California
    • U.S. District Court Central District of California
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

  • Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
    • J.D. – 2000

    University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
    • B.S. cum laude – 1996
    • Major: Psychology

  • • More Than Just E-Mail: Managing the Workplace Without Walls, February, 2003

  • • Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2009 – 2010

  • • Nixon Peabody, Partner (2011-2014) Associate, 2008 – 2011
    • Thelen, Associate, 2000 – 2008

  • • Legal Services for Children, 2008 – 2013
    • Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, 2000 – 2008

Deborah R. Schwartz
Rated by Super Lawyers


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